Re: TIP OF THE DAY quick & dirty html text
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = At 2:00 AM -0700 5/25/04, Donovan Brooke wrote:>I think *we* could do this rather than SMSI...I agree; it's the USERS that generally have the best tips to offer.Here's a quick, simple one that comes in handy sometimes:[convertchars][include sometextthatsnotworthcreatingadbfor.txt][/convertchars]Throw that in a simple webpage all by itself, or as a part of a full fledged page, and you have instant html. I have a custom db called allowhtml.db that doesn't convert the <> chars; I use that so I can add a few rudimentary tags like
in above text file, or possibly a link. But that's it. I let convertchars take care of the line breaks (especially), curly quotes, em dashes, etc.Terry-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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At 2:00 AM -0700 5/25/04, Donovan Brooke wrote:>I think *we* could do this rather than SMSI...I agree; it's the USERS that generally have the best tips to offer.Here's a quick, simple one that comes in handy sometimes:[convertchars][include sometextthatsnotworthcreatingadbfor.txt][/convertchars]Throw that in a simple webpage all by itself, or as a part of a full fledged page, and you have instant html. I have a custom db called allowhtml.db that doesn't convert the <> chars; I use that so I can add a few rudimentary tags like in above text file, or possibly a link. But that's it. I let convertchars take care of the line breaks (especially), curly quotes, em dashes, etc.Terry-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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